Land parcel 5536274

Area

676 m²

Buildings

5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 813 m².

Zoning

O2 Z8: Georgian Conservation Areas (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective
R2 Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods (Development Plan 2022-2028 (Variation No. 11)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 13 Dec 2022Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: development will consist of repointing of the front elevation with lime mortars and a traditional wigged finish.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 5422/22

• 8 Jul 2021Planners report

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for development at a site of c. 0.05 hectares at No. 8 Leeson Close and 29 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2. No. 29 Fitzwilliam Place is a protected structure (RPS No. 2780) The proposed development comprises: 1. demolition of non-original two storey office mews building. The existing side boundary walls which wil be retained. Demolition of existing redundant oil tank & enclosure to rear garden, 2. construction of a 3 storey over basement dwelling including setback at first floor (second storey) to front (north west) elevation and setback at first floor (second storey) to part of the side (north east) elevation, 3. the provision of 2no. car parking spaces. One space to be provided at basement level via a scissors lift and one space to be provided within the curtilage of the proposed dwelling at ground floor level accessed from Leeson Close, 4. the provision of private open space, second floor terrace on rear (south east) elevation, 5. all other associated landscaping and ancillary works. No works are proposed to No. 29 Fitzwilliam Place.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 3117/21

• 12 Apr 2019Grant permission

  PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for external remedial works. The works will involve structural repairs to the rear facade to include localised dismantling and rebuilding of the rear parapet, pinning and stitching of window heads and comprehensive repointing of the brick facade using lime-based mortars.

  Permission · Dublin City Council, 2753/19

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1855–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay four-storey former townhouse over basement, built c. 1860, as a unified terrace of five, Nos 29-33. Exposed bay of rear elevation bowed and two-stage hip-roofed return to rear. Now in use as offices. M-profiled slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, concealed by ashlar granite parapet with moulded cornice and coping. Pairs of brick chimneystacks to north and south party walls (diminished to north), cement rendered to south with clay pots, parapet gutters, cast-iron rainwater goods to rear. Red brick walls in Flemish bond with rusticated granite walling to ground floor over random ashlar walls to basement level beneath granite stringcourse. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs, patent reveals, projecting granite sills, replacement one-over-one timber sashes with horns. Iron guard rails to second and third floor openings, decorative cast-iron balconettes resting on granite platband at first floor level. Block-and-start granite surround to basement, with three-over-three timber sash window and secondary glazing. Variety of timber sashes to rear (west) including; three-over-six and eight-over-eight. Round-headed opening to second floor rear, having two-over-two sash with coloured glass margin lights. Recent metal fire escape stair affixed to rear. Round-headed opening to principal (east) elevation with rendered reveals, projecting Ionic columned entablature, replacement plain glass fanlight and timber four-panelled beaded muntin door with brass handle and letterbox. Door approached by single granite step, cast-iron boot scraper retained. Original cast-iron railings to basement area on granite plinth, recent steel steps to basement. Coal-hole cover to pavement. Recent brick boundary wall to rear along Lesson Close. Two-storey mews building with pitched slate roof and roughcast rendered walls, converted for residential use and extended to west. Street-fronted on western side of Fitzwilliam Place, with similar terrace located to the north, Nos 34-6 (50930199-201).

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Ground and risks

Radon

At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3234 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.